Iron, plane
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- OBJECT TYPE
- metal/bench/block
- DATE
- 1880–1888
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2004.1655.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bailey, L.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- metal
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.4 cm
- Width
- 4.3 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Tools-Hand
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Bailey
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Possibly used c. 1890s- 1940s.
- Canada
-
Part of a collection of hand tools belonging to James Anthony (1883-1966), an English born and trained carpenter who came to Canada c. 1910 and worked in and around Ottawa, ON. Following the 1916 fire which destroyed the Parliament buildings and damaged the Library, Mr. Anthony was hired as a foreman with the restoration crews. Until 1920, he was involved in the rebuilding of the Peace Tower and the installation of new windows at the Library of Parliament. He later worked with various builders in the Ottawa area, retiring in the late1940s. After his death in 1966 the tools were given to his son Jack, who in turn donated them to CSTMC. [Ref. 1] - Function
-
Used for trimming small work. - Technical
-
Identified as iron for "Victor" block plane, the line designed and manufactured by Leonard Bailey c. 1875-1888. [This iron bears 1876 patent date, and may be from a 0 1/2 adjustable metallic Victor plane] This iron was probably manufactured in the Boston area, where the Bailey Tool Co. was active: Bailey had left Stanley Rule & Level Co. and returned to manufacturing his own superior line of woodworking tools, in direct competition with Stanley. [Ref. 4] Iron features series of 7 holes arranged vertically, and used to secure iron at desired height and angle within plane by means of a threaded knob. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- " L. BAILEY'S/ PATENT/ DEC. 12, 1876" stamped into iron.
- Missing
- None: iron is complete in itself.
- Finish
- Dull silver metal cutting iron.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Bailey, L., Iron, plane, circa 1880–1888, Artifact no. 2004.1655, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.1655.001/
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